The Virginian : A Horseman of the Plains (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

Originally published in 1902, The Virginian by Own Wister depicts life on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, a classic American novel and considered the first true western ever written. A number of events in this book have become clichés of the western genre. Along with the lynching of cattle thieves and...

from realistTheorist

The Virginian is cow-puncher living in Wyoming. The melodrama is scant, and the drama is not overly tense. The theme is universal, in portraying the life of a good man. The scope of the theme is narrow. The Virginian is not taking on the world; he's simply meeting the events of his own life with ...

from TadAD

This was the prototype Western, the one that spawned Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Jack Schaefer and even our image of John Wayne. In that sense, the book is at a disadvantage. We've had over a century of follow-ons that have turned many of the themes into clichés: the tall, laconic cowboy; the beaut...

from realistTheorist

The Virginian is cow-puncher living in Wyoming. The melodrama is scant, and the drama is not overly tense. The theme is universal, in portraying the life of a good man. The scope of the theme is narrow. The Virginian is not taking on the world; he's simply meeting the events of his own life with ...

from Schmerguls

1088 The Virginian, by Owen Wister (read 25 Oct 1970) For reasons not clear to me I read this book. Much of it I had to force myself to read, yet it got better. It is so an idyll--unbelievably so. The ending had me in tears! It is so easy to se it never was, but so nice to believe. It was well to...